“As to whether The Libertines could reform, it’s a big ‘Maybe’,” he continued. “It’s a question that follows me around constantly. Some schoolkid will ask, ‘When are you getting The Libertines back together?’ I’m thinking, ‘Do you really think this is something I haven’t given a lot of thought to?’

“I miss the purity of what me and Pete had together when we started out. It would be great to have that back. Pete always used to say, ‘Imagine the songs we still have to write.’ That thought is always with me.”